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After days of stalling, PM orders inquiry into how his office handled rape furore
Thursday March 25, 2021
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has ordered an inquiry into whether any members of his staff backgrounded against alleged Parliament House rape victim Brittany Higgins or her loved ones.
Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins reacts as she attends the Women’s March 4 Justice in Canberra (Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch)
The prime minister triggered the process after his chief of staff, John Kunkel, received confidential information from a “primary and direct” source with knowledge of the claims, separate to Higgins herself, who had already lodged a formal…
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